Walter Cronkite and Edward R. Murrow anchor convention coverage. A retrospective declaration of candidacy for President of the United States is announced by Senator John F. Kennedy. Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, the majority leader of the senate, speaks. Back live on the convention floor, Bernie Eismann talks to Minnesota Governor Orville L. Freeman; it was he who put Kennedy's name into nomination. Edward R. Murrow talks to Lowell Thomas. Adlai Stevenson introduces Eleanor Roosevelt who speaks before the convention. Neil Strawser talks to the Democratic National Committee chairman Paul Butler. 3000 delegates are represented as roll call begins the 1500 vote procedure. It takes 761 votes to nominate the choice for president. We hear each state cast their votes. John Kennedy, 43, becomes the third youngest nominee in history. Nancy Hanschman reports from Johnson headquarters. Adlai Stevenson is interviewed. Kennedy speaks to the convention, thanking them for his nomination. Benedition and the National Anthem end the evening for July 13th. Cronkite and Murrow rap it up with final thoughts. Betty Furness does a Westinghouse Total Elective Home Commercial. July 14th & 15th coverage present the nomination for Vice President. Earlier coverage by Kennedy at a press conference confirms Lyndon B. Johnson as his choice for the Vice President running mate. Nancy Hanschman interviews Johnson. There is coverage of the LBJ press conference. John F. Kennedy gives a 22 minute acceptance speech to the convention. Alexander Kendrick, Howard K. Smith, Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite evaluate the JFK speech. Spokeswoman for Westinghouse, Betty Furness, gives praise to Cronkite for his coverage of the National Democratic Convention.

Televised on all three networks. The first of four nationally televised debates between Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Senator John F. Kennedy, Republican and Democratic nominees for President of the United States. Domestic and internal matters are discussed including race relations, agriculture, the federal debt, education, Communism and social security. Posing questions to Nixon and Kennedy are news correspondents Sander Vanocur, Stuart Novins, Robert Flemming and Charles Warren. Moderator for this historical event is Howard K. Smith.

Televised on all networks. Frank McGee moderates as the two Presidential candidates exchange views in Cleveland, Ohio. Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Senator John F. Kennedy contrast Republican and Democratic philosophies in this live telecast. Topics include Cuba, V-2 policies, Civil Rights, U.S. prestige, unemployment, the Economy, Red China and the Soviet Union. Guest panelists asking questions on this second great debate are Alvin Spivak, Harold R. Levy, Paul Niven and Edward P. Morgan.

Televised on all networks. Bill Shadel moderates this third great debate between Senator John F. Kennedy, who is telecast live from New York, and Vice President Richard M. Nixon, who is telecast live from Los Angeles. The panelist-interviewers are Frank McGee, Charles Von Fremd, Douglas Kater, and Roscoe Drummond. Topics include Berlin, Formosa, Indo China, espionage, religion, Labor Security, agriculture, economic growth, tax reform, aid to Third World countries and American prestige.

Televised on all three networks. Quincy Howe moderates this final fourth debate between Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Senator John F. Kennedy. The subject is Foreign Policy and the topics include Latin America, Fidel Castro, the space race, the Soviet Union, nuclear testing, future Summit conferences and Communism as a threat. The panelists asking questions are John Edwards, Frank Singiser, John Chancellor and Walter Cronkite.

A Life Magazine Anniversary Review is recalled in moments, both tragic and zany. Bob Hope hosts with guests Sid Caesar, Peggy Cass, Mary Martin, The Ray Charles Singers and Fredric March. President John F. Kennedy adds his own special salute.

From the Penthouse in Washington, D.C., President John F. Kennedy addresses the nation regarding the arrival of James Meredith on the campus of the University of Mississippi where he will enroll tomorrow.

There is Jackie Gleason's opening monologue, impersonator Elliot Reid doing President John F. Kennedy, Reggie Van Gleason's political debate sketch, an "Arthur and Agnes" sketch with Alice Ghostley and Frank Fontaine, and a closing monologue by Gleason.

There is Jackie Gleason's opening monologue, a "Joe the Bartender" sketch about "Photos from the Past" with Frank Fontaine, who for the first time, out of his "Crazy Guggenheim" character, sings a song: "When Your Heart Has Turned To Silver" at the conclusion of the sketch. There is a 3 1/2 minute Harry Reasoner and Robert Pierpoint News bulletin interrupting the program and outlining President John F. Kennedy's plan for solving the current Cuban crisis. The Gleason Show continues with a Sue Ane Langdon "Granada" production number. A 60 second promo for the upcoming 1962 election night is heard at the end of the program.

Walter Cronkite anchors the first network half-hour daily prime time news program. Till now news was telecast for fifteen minutes, weekday evenings. This first half-hour show features a special Cronkite interview with President John F. Kennedy...less than twelve weeks prior to Kennedy's assassination. Nelson
Benton reports on anxious moments in
Alabama as school integration is being
tested. Dan Rather reports from Louisiana on Negro demonstrations. Bernard Kalb reports on Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, and Eric Sevareid comments on today's 69 year old Labor Day Holiday. From Tokyo, Peter Kalisher reports on the first Broadway play to be staged in Japan, "My Fair Lady." Walter Cronkite signs off. This broadcast includes original commercials used throughout the telecast: Paxton Cigarettes, Ted Mack for Geritol, Annacin tablets, and Crest toothpaste.

These first live NBC News Bulletins by Don Pardo would precede regular program cancellations and continuous NBC live coverage of this 20th century tragedy (the assassination of President John F. Kennedy) for the next three and a half days. The first two bulletins are heard. Bulletin number one (Local in NYC) is broadcast at 1:45:03 PM EST and airs for 30 seconds. Bulletin number two (National) is broadcast at 1:46:42 and airs for 68 seconds, followed by the first two hours of uninterrupted News coverage with NBC anchors Bill Ryan, Chet Huntley and Frank McGee. Seventy-one hours and twenty-seven minutes of continuous coverage begins on NBC at 1:53 PM with CBS and ABC both starting their live continuous coverage at 2 PM. There are live telephone reports from correspondent Robert MacNeil in Dallas, Texas. There are additional reports from Charles Murphy, David Brinkley and Marvin Agronsky. There is live coverage from the United Nations where the Secretary General expresses sorrow to all members of the Kennedy Family and to all the people in the United States. One minute of silence is observed by all delegates from the 111 member nations. There is continuing NBC coverage from station WBAP, the affiliate in Fort Worth, Texas with Newsman Tom Whalen. Eyewitness Charles Brehm recounts what he saw. There is the first live overseas report from Irving R. Levine from Rome and live coverage from outside the NBC building at Rockefeller Center, with its Mobile Unit searching out reactions from New Yorkers with reporter Jeff Pond. Correspondent Richard Valeriani reports live from the White House. There are statements from Senator Barry Goldwater and from former President, Dwight D. Eisenhower. It took an incident of this proportion to catapult television into the forefront as the world's number one communicator of news and special events. Television had come of age.
NOTE: The first two NBC Television Bulletins and the initial 3:53 seconds of continuous coverage commencing at 1:53 PM EST was never recorded by NBC or archived by any other source. Amazingly, the only existing recording in the world of this historical television broadcast was audio recorded off the air by Archival Television Audio, Inc. during the actual live Television Broadcast. To date, no other audio or video has ever surfaced documenting these moments. These historic sound tracks have been donated to the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, MA, and to The Library of Congress in Washington D.C. The November 22, 1963 John F. Kennedy NBC-TV assassination bulletins and the initial lost 3:53 seconds of NBC live coverage are the most significant treasure in our archive. They personify just a part of the many thousands of other Archival Television Audio original, off the air, television soundtracks which represent the only record of a specific TV broadcast known to exist.

On the air at 1:46 EST. Initial coverage from Dallas station WFAA of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. From
the local television newsroom bulletins and information are broadcast to a shocked public. Eyewitnesses to the shooting are interviewed in the studio. Jerry Haynes and Jay Watson report. Assistant News Director and Chief Cameraman Bert Shipp discusses his eyewitness account of the shooting. Ron Cochran reports of the President's death.

A live bulletin is heard by Don Goddard reporting that President John F. Kennedy is shot in downtown Dallas, Texas. This second ABC bulletin follows the first bulletin which airs at 1:41 PM (EST). Continuous ABC Network coverage begins at 2:00 PM. Ron Cochran reports. Reporting from the scene of the assassination on WFAA-TV Dallas is Eddie Barker. Cochran and Ed Silverman continue with updated coverage from ABC headquarters in New York. Other correspondents confirm the death of the President. There are eyewitness accounts reported from Dallas Affiliate WFAA-TV. Correspondents Jay Watson and Bob Walker are heard. From Washington D.C., Edward P. Morgan reports. Bob Clark reports from Parkland Hospital in Dallas where the President was taken. He gives exact details of events which have occurred, moment by moment, from the time President Kennedy was shot. Vice President of ABC James Hagerty contributes commentary with Don Goddard. The Inspector of Police is interviewed at the scene of the book depository where shots were fired. More coverage from WFAA-TV studio interview with Abraham Zapruder is heard. With 8mm camera in hand, he has just walked into the studio with film footage he has shot of the actual assassination. There are updates reported by John Rolfson and Edward P. Morgan. From Times Square in Manhattan, Jules Bergman reports. He interviews people in the street. From State Street in Chicago, Frank Reynolds reports. ABC coverage is least remembered; it is viewed by only 8% of the American public. The majority of viewers tuned into CBS & NBC for what will probably be remembered as the most memorable coverage in TV history for a single event.

"As The World Turns," TV soap opera, is interrupted by Walter Cronkite, who gives bulletins describing the attempt on the life of President John F. Kennedy. From KLRD in Dallas, Eddie Barker reports on the condition of the President: "He is dead... shot by an assassin." Cronkite continues coverage from the CBS Studio newsroom in New York; he confirms that 38 minutes ago at 2:00 PM EST President Kennedy died. Cronkite has a difficult time composing himself and after a brief moment continues his report. CBS continuous coverage of the assassination begins at 2:00 PM EST and the following broadcast excerpts follow the events as they happened. The facts reveal that Kennedy was shot at 1:25 PM EST and died 35 minutes later at 2:00 PM EST. At 2:38 PM, Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th President of the United States. Dan Rather in Dallas, Texas, adds additional information regarding the assassination. Eric Sevareid talks about Johnson, the 55-year-old new President. The physician to Texas Governor John Connally, who was also shot, discusses his condition. Further reports are telecast from Dan Rather in Dallas, Texas, who refers to a possible suspect, Lee Harvey Oswald. Harry Reasoner continues his live reporting from CBS News headquarters in New York. From Andrew Airforce Base in Maryland, Charles Von Fremd reports coverage of Lyndon B. Johnson's arrival at 5:58 PM EST. On this plane arrives the body of former President John F. Kennedy, his mourning wife and the newly sworn in President, Lyndon Baines Johnson, who gives a brief statement to the press and the public. Earlier in the day, Kennedy spoke in Ft. Worth. We hear his earlier speech. From KRLD in Dallas, Eddie Barker interviews the Mayor of Dallas, who reflects on this tragic day. On the street, interviews from a shocked Dallas community are reported by Nelson Benton. During the morning of Saturday, November 23, Mike Wallace and Dan Rather report. Rather profiles accused assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. Oswald is briefly interviewed. He denies shooting the President. There are comments from Martin Luther King Jr. and Harry S. Truman. Nelson Benton interviews the Dallas Chief of Police. There are requests that anyone who took pictures during the motorcade should come forward with evidence. Charles Von Fremd reports from Washington D.C., as does Robert Pierpoint. There is a brief statement from Richard M. Nixon. At police headquarters in Dallas, information is given as to the further interrogation of Lee Harvey Oswald by District Attorney Henry Whey. From Washington D.C., Roger Mudd reports from the rotunda where the bier which was originally built for Abraham Lincoln and which will support the coffin of JFK is being prepared. There is an interview with Judge Hughes who gave the oath of office to Lyndon Baines Johnson. She discusses the experience and reactions of LBJ and Jacqueline Kennedy. President Johnson addresses the people of the United States proclaiming Monday, November 25, a day of national mourning. From Houston and Elm Street in Dallas, directly across the street from where the assassination took place, Dan Rather describes the scene.

Harry Reasoner anchors this live evening special program of the same day coverage of President John F. Kennedy's assassination. There is a special retrospective on JFK, the Kennedy family, the 1960 Election with interviews and remembered speeches. There are live late breaking bulletins from George Herman at the White House. There is a live editorial from Eric Sevareid on the late President. Dan Rather reports live from Dallas on the latest developments concerning Lee Harvey Oswald, who at this time was accused of only killing a policeman and who was currently being questioned. Live from Dallas police headquarters, KRLD-TV newsman Bill Mercer interviews policeman Jerry Hill, who has been questioning the accused Oswald. We hear Oswald denying that he shot the President. We hear CBS news correspondent Charles Von Fremd's 1960 interview with Kennedy who reflected on his views on the possibility of his own assassination. Harry Reasoner summarizes the days events and what is to follow. Lyndon B. Johnson addresses the American people in a brief recorded transcription - his first formal statement as President. Harry Reasoner continues with a profile on Johnson... past speeches, political statements and commentary from LBJ and Lady Bird Johnson. A past interview between Walter Cronkite and Lyndon Johnson is heard. White House correspondent George Herman comments on LBJ and there is a live statement concerning the JFK assassination from Adlai Stevenson.
J.F.K.: A MAN OF THIS CENTURY (TV)
Summary
A special news report from the night of President John F. Kennedy's murder, this program is a review of John F. Kennedy's life, opening with scenes from his childhood, and continuing with his wedding and the Democratic National Convention of 1960. Includes excerpts from his first debate with Richard Nixon and his victory celebration in Hyannisport, followed by the inauguration. The 1961 Ottawa State visit, the Vienna Summit meeting with Khrushchev, and a Paris meeting with De Gaulle are recorded, followed by more family background, including an interview with Rose Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy, and a tribute to John F. Kennedy as a father. The Cuban crisis and the Berlin crisis are also reviewed.
The program continues with President Kennedy addressing the nation on the Cuban missile crisis, followed by Kennedy's interview with three networks discussing the presidency. George Herman at the White House reports on the current news. A shot of Kennedy's Berlin reception in 1963, and his reaction to the murder of Medgar Evers are included, with clips of Kennedy on South Vietnam on the significance of the White House. Harry Reasoner discusses Kennedy's presidential image, and a clip of the inaugural address is seen. Dan Rather reports from Dallas, and Bill Mercer interviews a Dallas policeman. Herman at the White House and Reasoner report on current developments. Reasoner discusses Lyndon Johnson.
The third hour of the program continues with a clip of Lady Bird Johnson and a flashback to the 1960 Democratic National Convention, followed by background on the election, concentrating on President Lyndon B. Johnson. Included are Johnson's around the world tour, and Cronkite's campaign interview with Johnson. The program continues with George Herman commenting on Johnson, and Johnson's return to Washington. Charles Kuralt reports on a high requiem mass in honor of John F. Kennedy in Los Angeles. The program closes with Harry Reasoner summarizing the day's events.

Live NBC News Coverage of the Sunday murder of accused President John F. Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby. Jeff Edwards from station KHJ in Los Angeles reports on the scene. There are interviews with eyewitnesses and press members. From the Dallas Police Department basement, Oswald is removed by stretcher. There are statements from the Captain of the Dallas Police, Chief Stevenson. There are initial reports from NBC News Correspondent Tom Pettit as to the identity of Jack Ruby, Oswald's assailant. Frank McGee at the NBC Studios continues coverage and summarizes events.

This unscheduled special highlights past conversations with Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy. Shown are Harry S. Truman interviewed by Edward R. Murrow in 1958, Dwight D. Eisenhower by Walter Cronkite in 1961, and John F. Kennedy by three correspondents including William H. Lawrence and Sander Vanocur in December of 1962. Moderator is Eric Sevareid. Reporters are Harry Reasoner and George Herman. President Lyndon B. Johnson is heard at the conclusion of the telecast.

This program was scheduled to air one week before on Nov. 22, the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Re-scheduled for tonight there is also a brief epilogue by Jack Paar about the tragedy. Guests are Liberace, Cassius Clay, Mary McCarthy and Milt Kamen.

A debate between attorney Melvin Belli and Marguerite Oswald, mother of Lee Harvey Oswald, accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy, eight and half months earlier.
During the show Les Crane states that this program is his most important, and a breakthrough in television history broadcasting.
NOTE:
Mel Brooks, who listened to this tape in 2012, stated that he did not remember doing this show. He in fact does appear and contributes a rare serious editorial recap at the end of the broadcast.
Archival Television Audio, Inc. sold to Shout Factory a number of "lost" Mel Brooks TV appearances used in their 2012 release of "The Incredible Mel Brooks," a five DVD and one CD box set.

A film on the career of Lyndon Baines Johnson is shown at the Democratic National convention with commentary from Eric Sevareid. Robert Trout and Roger Mudd anchor this 34th convention. Coverage includes a speech by Washington State Senator Henry Jackson who praises John F. Kennedy. N.Y. State Chairman Bill McQueen is interviewed on the floor by correspondent Mike Wallace. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy is introduced and is given a huge 14 min. ovation during which time there is a commentary from Trout, Mudd and Eric Sevareid in the CBS booth. Robert Kennedy praises his brother in a brief 9 min. speech. Pennsylvania's Senator, Democratic candidate Genevieve Black introduces ambassador to the United Nations, Adlai Stevenson, who speaks for 12 min. "Happy Birthday" is sung by the convention to Lyndon Johnson. Warren Magnuson of Washington State introduces the Vice Presidential candidate Hubert Humphrey, who gives a 24 min. acceptance speech. Harry S. Truman's telegram is read to the convention floor. Hubert Humphrey introduces President Lyndon B. Johnson who gives a 36 min. Acceptance speech. Mike Wallace gets reactions from Lady Bird Johnson and Lynda Bird Johnson. There is a final commentary from Robert Trout. There are also additional reports from WCBS and Jim Jensen and from Harry Reasoner.

A film on the career of Lyndon Baines Johnson is shown at the Democratic National convention with commentary from Eric Sevareid. Robert Trout and Roger Mudd anchor this 34th convention. Coverage includes a speech by Washington State Senator Henry Jackson, who praises John F. Kennedy. N.Y. State Chairman Bill McQueen is interviewed on the floor by correspondent Mike Wallace. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy is introduced and is given a huge 14 min. ovation during which time there is a commentary from Trout, Mudd and Eric Sevareid in the CBS booth. Robert Kennedy praises his brother in a brief 9 min. speech. Pennsylvania's Senator, Democratic candidate Genevieve Black introduces ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson, who speaks for 12 min. "Happy Birthday" is sung by the convention to Lyndon Johnson. Warren Magnuson of Washington State introduces the Vice Presidential candidate Hubert Humphrey, who gives a 24 min. acceptance speech. Harry S. Truman's telegram is read to the convention floor. Hubert Humphrey introduces President Lyndon B. Johnson, who gives a 36 min. acceptance speech. Mike Wallace gets reactions from Lady Bird Johnson and Lynda Bird Johnson. There is a final commentary from Robert Trout. There are also additional reports from WCBS and Jim Jensen and from Harry Reasoner.

Joseph Cotten narrates and the Kingston Trio, Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Gordon MacRae perform a musical profile of John F. Kennedy and the Kennedy family. The emphasis is on the lesser known aspects of the JFK youth. Introduced by ABC's Bill Beutel with a prologue by N.Y. State Senator Jacob Javits. Music and lyrics by Allan Jay Friedman and Paul Francis Webster.

1971 (Syndicated). This broadcast featured John Forsythe reading Adlai E. Stevenson's tribute to John F. Kennedy. On this half-hour musical series host Johnny Mann, together with the Johnny Mann Singers and assorted guests, sang the praises of the good old U.S.A.

This inquiry with Dan Rather explored the doubts, questions and dissenting theories that continue to linger about the Warren commission report findings that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assassin of President John F. Kennedy.